Dinoflagellate

Dinophysis tripos

Potentially harmful dinoflagellate; may produce okadaic acid, a toxin causing diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.

Off Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 4/16/14. Identified by Joana Tavares. © Peter J. Bryant.

Phylum Dinoflagellata; Dinokaryota; Dinophysiales

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